From Freedominfo.org, the one-stop portal that describes best practices, consolidates lessons learned, explains campaign strategies and tactics, and links the efforts of freedom of information advocates around the world.
Ukraine’s parliament Jan. 13 easily adopted new laws on access to public information.
Some 408 out of the 433 members of parliament present voted in favor, well above the 226 votes necessary for approval.
The new law, expected to be signed by President Viktor Yanukovych, mandates that public officials voluntarily disclose information while also rules for requesting information, all subject to various limitations.
According to a description on the official site of the Vehovna Rada, bill No. 2763, entitled “On Access to Public information” defines public information as “the information displayed and fixed in the documents by any means and on any data carriers, received or created by the state authority subjects while fulfilling their duties as required by the Law or the information in the ownership of the state authority subjects, and other public information administrators defined by this Law.” (more…)
